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What happens when you combine a tap takeover and a pitmaster dinner? Call it the Pig 'n Pint.

Lockhart's BBQ in Royal Oak is the scene of the May 31 beer-and-barbecue event featuring Right Brain Brewery's new Mangalitsa Pig Porter — a beer brewed with smoked pig heads and bones. The Traverse City craft brewer, known for giving its beer a culinary twist, describes the porter as "similar to taking a soft pretzel, wrapping it in ham and dipping it in chocolate."

For its part, Lockhart's will prepare a 60-pound smoked, stuffed porchetta, a boneless pork roast.

Pig 'n Pint is from noon-3 p.m. at the 202 E. Third St. restaurant. The event is sponsored by Good Pour LLC, a Livonia-based craft beer promotional company.